Discover the wide variety of words that start with the letter “A” to enhance your vocabulary and language skills.
- Abate- to decrease in force or intensity
- Benevolent- well meaning and kindly
- Cryptic- having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
- Dauntless- showing fearlessness and determination
- Eclectic- deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
- Facade- an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality
- Galvanize- shock or excite into taking action
- Hapless- unfortunate
- Iconoclast- a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
- Juxtapose- place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
- Kinetic- relating to or resulting from motion
- Languid- slow and relaxed
- Meticulous- showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
- Nebulous- in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy
- Omnipotent- having unlimited power
- Paradox- a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition
- Quintessential- representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
- Rancor- bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing
- Sagacity- the quality of being sagacious (having keen mental discernment and good judgment)
- Tactile- connected with the sense of touch
- Ubiquitous- present, appearing, or found everywhere
- Vacillate- alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
- Wanderlust- a strong desire to travel
- Xenophile- an individual who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
- Yearn- have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from
- Zealous- having or showing zeal (great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective)
- Affinity- a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something
- Bucolic- relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
- Cathartic- providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
- Decipher- succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something)
- Ephemeral- lasting for a very short time
- Flippant- not showing a serious or respectful attitude
- Gregarious- (of a person) fond of company; sociable
- Hedonistic- engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent
- Imperative- of vital importance; crucial
- Jovial- cheerful and friendly
- Kaleidoscope- a constantly changing pattern or sequence of elements
- Loquacious- tending to talk a great deal; talkative
- Monolithic- large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform
- Novel- new or unusual in an interesting way
- Ostracize- exclude from a society or group
- Palpable- so intense as to seem almost tangible
- Querulous- complaining in a petulant or whining manner
- Revelation- a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
- Surreptitious- kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
- Transient- lasting only for a short time; impermanent
- Unprecedented- never done or known before
- Venerable- accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character
- Whimsical- playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
- Xenophobia- dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries
- Yoke- a device for joining together a pair of draft animals.
- Zephyr- a gentle breeze
This list offers a balanced mix of common and uncommon words to boost vocabulary diversity.